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Saradamba (Jayalalitha) is a beautiful wife of a landlord
Narayana Swamy (Tanikella Bharani) in a village. She
is a kind woman who is well known for her charitable
work. Kanakayya (Tallavajjula Mehaneesh) is a bright
student from a poor family and he gets a free lunch
(vaaraalabbai) at Saradamba's house. Saradamba is very
fond of Kanakayya.

One
fine day, Kanakayya falls ill. The medicine offered
by the regular doctor is of no use. Parents of Kanakayya
call in Kalimata's devotee and medicine practitioner
Gopayya (Tallavajjula Sundaram) from neighboring village
for an advice. After the check-up, Gopayya declares
that Kanakayya is suffering from Doshagunam.
According to him, Doshagunam is caused when a boy has
sexual intercourse with a middle-aged woman. Gopayya
advices Kanakayya's parents that the only panacea for
Doshagunam is a concoction prepared with the
blood extracted from the thigh of woman who had sex
with Kanakayya. That night Kanakayya utters the name
of Saradamba repeatedly in the sleep and it turns the
needle of suspicion towards Saradamba.

Did
Saradamba seduce Kanakayya? Would she give blood for
Kanakayya's medicine? Is Doshagunam really a
scientifically proven ailment or a myth? To know the
answers, you must watch this film on the big screen.

Artists
Performance

Jaya Lalitha: Jayalalitha is the protagonist
of the film. It's rather a risky decision to cast an
actress who is known as a vamp girl in an art film as
the leading lady. She is perfectly apt for the role
and she performed very well. However, there is a bit
of artificiality in her dubbing. And casting her helped
the director in putting the audiences in two minds about
the character of Saradamba about whether she has actually
indulged in sex with the boy or not.

Others:
Tanikella Bharani is perfect for the role of Narayana
Swamy that has different shades. Tallavajjula Mehaneesh
is pretty confident in a vital role. This film opens
on Surya. He did extremely well as the doctor who narrates
the flashback. The other actors in the film are fresh
faces and all of them did their bit well.

Technical
Departments:

Story:
The total credit of this film solely goes to GV
Chalam - who is known as the most controversial and
sensational Telugu writer we have ever seen. This film
is inspired by his story 'Doshagunam'. Chalam is said
to have written this story after being inspired by a
true story. This story also has a big moral value attached
to the society that is filled with lots of men who don't
trust their loyal wives even after staying together
for decades.

Screenplay
- direction: The debutant director Indraganti Mohana
Krishna - son of Indraganti Srikanth Sharma - turned
out to be a decent technician with his plain and pleasant
presentation of Chalam's work on the screen. The entire
movie is shown in black and white except for a couple
of fond memories (as dreams). Probably the director
might have felt the dreams to be colorful and the reality
to be in black and white. The screenplay of the film
is good and narration is slow.

Other
departments: Music by K Vijay complements the mood
of the film well. Dialogues are appropriate. Photography
by PG Vinda is good. He did not have to bother about
color combinations as the film is presented in black
and white. Artwork by Bhupati is fair. Editing by Lokesh
is OK. The producers need to be patted on their back
for producing the greatest work of Chalam without seeking
monetary returns/gains.

Analysis:
This film is a one and half an hour duration film made
with a digital camera on a shoestring budget of approximately
Rs. 8 lakhs (It is learnt that artists and technicians
worked without taking any remuneration). This film is
an out and out art film aimed at international film
festivals. This film was already sent to Toronto Film
festival. The present generation does not have time/patience
to read literature. It is a great effort on the part
of makers to produce Chalam story on a big screen. By
looking at this film, the present generation youth would
get the opportunity of realizing the revolutionary thought
process of Chalam. It is a pretty decent film. And a
must watch for all art film aficionados.